AP PSYCHOLOGY

Detailed explanation-1: -Michael J. Fox, iconic actor, author and advocate whose Hollywood career has been marked by worldwide acclaim, honor and awards, launched the Foundation in 2000 after publicly disclosing his 1991 diagnosis, at age 29, with Parkinson’s disease.

Detailed explanation-2: -Fox had holes drilled into his brain as part of his treatment for Parkinson’s Disease, according to one of his doctors.

Detailed explanation-3: -Fox started displaying symptoms of early-onset Parkinson’s disease in 1991 while shooting the movie Doc Hollywood, and was diagnosed shortly thereafter. Though his initial symptoms were only a twitching little finger and a sore shoulder, he was told that within a few years he would not be able to work.

Detailed explanation-4: -Eric Krause, a neurologist with Ascension Medical Group-Seton Neurology. Dr. Krause said with Fox being diagnosed so young, it makes his case so unusual. At 61-years-old, he has now been living with the neuro-degenerative disorder for more than 30 years.

Detailed explanation-5: -I just had this blank, I couldn’t remember the lines, ” he said recently on Mike Birbiglia’s Working It Out podcast. The memory loss is a difficult adjustment for Fox, who used to crank out pages of dialogue without a second thought. “I knew it, like in an instant, and it continued to be that way for me, ” he recalled.